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<title><![CDATA[Senate confirms governor's nominee for energy post]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate has confirmed John Bemis as secretary of the state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 02:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Las Cruces judge accused of bribery to step down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="null" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2011-10/murphy(1).jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="null" />Las Cruces District Judge Michael Murphy has until February 24 to step down. Under the agreement, Murphy can never be a judge again.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:58:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House approves NM immigrant license repeal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2011-08/nm_license082611.jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="" />House lawmakers have voted to repeal a state law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House approves $5B state budget proposal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The House has approved a more than $5 billion budget that will boost take-home pay for educators and state workers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:45:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NMSP issues Amber Alert for Jessica Smith, 11]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/smith_jessica.jpg" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 75px" />Fort Worth Police are looking for Jessica Smith, 11, a white female who is 5&rsquo;01 and approximately 120 pounds, with brown eyes and straight brown hair just past her shoulders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 02:13:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NM chile crop up after nearly 40-year low]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2011-08/green_chile081211.jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="" />Experts say the size of New Mexico's chile crop increased in 2011 after dwindling to nearly 40-year low the year before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigrant advocates plan 'day of action' at Roundhouse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/martinez_susana.jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="" />Advocates from the New Mexico-Mexico border plan to put pressure on Gov. Susana Martinez on the issue of driver&rsquo;s licenses for immigrants Wednesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:56:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Residents dispute Spaceport visitor center location]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/spaceport_authority.jpg" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 75px; " />Right now, the center is slotted to go up just off Interstate 25 outside of town, but residents said they want it in downtown Truth or Consequences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 05:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baby dumped in the desert nearly 16 years ago speaks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/Tasha_taylor.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 75px; float: left;" />Tasha Taylor certainly was a little fighter when she was just 18 months old. The little girl survived 20 hours alone in the desert near Deming after being left there for dead by her father Charlie Taylor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Students visit Roundhouse to talk pain caused by bullying]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/no_bullying_sign.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 75px; float: left;" />The House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation directing every school superintendent in the state to work with parents and entire communities on anti-bullying policies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:05:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate leaders warn of legislative logjam if budget bill not passed soon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/legislative_2012.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 75px; float: left;" /> was no movement on the long-overdue budget bill at the state legislature Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:10:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NM Supreme Court hears redistricting appeal]]></title>
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	The state Supreme Court has taken under consideration a dispute over revamping districts of the 70-member state House of Representatives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kidnapping suspects flee after Las Cruces standoff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dona Ana County authorities are looking for two men following a barricade situation in Las Cruces.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate endorses bill on sexual abuse lawsuits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Victims of childhood sexual abuse in New Mexico may have more time to bring a civil lawsuit under legislation approved by the Senate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate OKs bill for more contractor disclosure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Information about the employees of government contractors will become available to the public through a government web site under a proposal that has passed the Senate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:17:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NM lawmakers propose tax cuts for veterans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/retired_vet2612.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 75px; float: left;" />It was a big day at the state capitol for New Mexico veterans, who rallied with the governor for some of her pet projects to make their lives a little easier.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 03:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Mexico state budget a week overdue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2011-09/legislature_generic.jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="" />The budget was scheduled, by law, to be voted on by last Tuesday in the state House of Representatives and then sent over to the state Senate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 01:39:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House panel OKs budget leaving room for tax cuts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A more than $5 billion state budget proposal is heading to the House for consideration and the spending plan leaves $41 million available for possible tax cuts advocated by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and legislators.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers put off vote on Indian Affairs nominee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Susana Martinez's nominee to run the Indian Affairs Department is under scrutiny from lawmakers over possible illegal sales of cigarettes at a store operated by the cabinet secretary's family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NM regulators repeal carbon cap and trade rules]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Mexico regulators have voted to repeal a set of rules that would have allowed the state to participate in a regional cap and trade program for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:09:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ceremony to honor veterans Monday at the Roundhouse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Veterans will be honored at the Roundhouse on Monday as part of Veteran/Military Day at the Legislature.<br />
	&gt; <a href="http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2484540.shtml?cat=504">Lawmakers to consider tax cut for veterans</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NM ghost town to reopen as murder stays unsolved]]></title>
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	Months after the 68-year-old Larry Link was found gunned down in his own New Mexico ghost town, his murder remains unresolved.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man dies after shots fired and crash in Las Cruces]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2011-08/las_cruces_stabbing_soloman_082011.jpg" style="float: left; height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="" />Las Cruces police say a man is dead after a rollover accident that may be connected to gunshots that were reported in the area just before the crash.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:41:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alleged sex offender wanted in NJ arrested in NM]]></title>
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	Authorities say an alleged sex offender wanted in New Jersey has been arrested in New Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol officials say 51-year-old Jose Francisco Jimenez will be extradited to New Jersey to face prosecution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:51:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Officers make 2 marijuana seizures at NM ports]]></title>
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	U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in New Mexico have seized more than 1,120 pounds of marijuana at the Santa Teresa and Columbus ports of entry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AP Analysis: Border Patrol OT up as arrests drop]]></title>
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	An Associated Press analysis of Border Patrol records finds that agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmaker says driver's license repeal unlikely in 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/egolf_brian.jpg" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 75px" />Gov. Susana Martinez scored a victory Friday in her fight to ban illegal immigrants from obtaining driver&rsquo;s licenses in New Mexico. But, some lawmakers say the repeal of the law is unlikely this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[House panel OKs bill to halt immigrant licenses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/martinez_susana.jpg" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 75px; " />A House panel has approved a proposal backed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez to stop driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in New Mexico.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:31:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate confirms governor's budget agency leader]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/repository/2012-02/clifford_tom_DFA.jpg" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 75px; " />The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Tom Clifford as secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Driver's license fight to resume Friday]]></title>
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	Lawmakers are expected to make a crucial vote at the Roundhouse on Friday on driver&rsquo;s licenses for illegal immigrants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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